Professor Katharine Gelber
Head of School
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
+61 7 334 69544
Researcher biography
Katharine Gelber is Head of the School of Political Science and International Studies, and Professor of Politics and Public Policy. Her research is in the field of freedom of speech, and the regulation of public discourse. She has been awarded several ARC, and other, competitive research grants. In November-December 2017, she was a Visiting Scholar at the Global Freedom of Expression Project, Columbia University, New York. In Dec 2017, she jointly hosted, with Prof Susan Brison, a workshop at the Princeton University Center for Human Values on, 'Free Speech and its Discontents'. In 2014, with Prof Luke McNamara, she was awarded the Mayer journal article prize for the best article in the Australian Journal of Political Science in 2013. In 2011 she was invited by the United Nations to be the Australian Expert Witness at a regional meeting examining States' compliance with the free speech and racial hatred provisions of international law. In 2009 she presented the Mitchell Oration in Adelaide on the topic 'Freedom of Speech and its Limits'. She is the author of three monographs (Free Speech After 9/11, OUP 2016; Speech Matters, UQP, 2011, Speaking Back, John Benjamins, 2002), and three edited books (incl. Free Speech in the Digital Age, OUP 2019).
Kath is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia, and a former President of the Australian Political Studies Association and served on its Executive Committee (2010-2018). She was Chair of the Local Organising Committee for the July 2018 World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Brisbane which brought 2400 political scientists to Brisbane. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of Politics and History.
Selected publications:
Books
Brison, S and Gelber, K (eds) 2019 Free Speech in the Digital Age, Oxford University Press, New York.
Gelber, K 2016 Free Speech After 9/11, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Gelber, K 2011. Speech Matters: Getting Free Speech Right, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.
Panzironi, F & Gelber, K (eds) 2012. The Capability Approach: Development Practice and Public Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region, Routledge, London.
Refereed journal articles
Gelber, Katharine and Murphy, M. 2023. 'The Weaponisation of Free Speech under the Morrison Government', Australian Journal of Political Science, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2023.2242304.
Brennan, K; D Duriesmith, E Fenton and K Gelber 2022 "Gendered Mundanities: Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching in Political Science", Australian Journal of Political Science (published online 27 Feb 2022), https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2022.2043241.
Bowman, K and Gelber, K 2021 'Responding to Hate Speech: Counter Speech and the University', Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, 28(3): 248-275.
Gelber, K 2021 'Differentiating Hate Speech: A Systemic Discrimination Approach', Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 24(4): 393-414, DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2019.1576006 (published online 2019).
Gelber, K and O'Sullivan, S 2020 "Cat Got Your Tongue? Free Speech, Democracy and Australia's 'Ag-Gag' Laws", Australian Journal of Political Science, 56(1): 19-34, https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2020.1799938.
Gelber, K 2019 'Norms, Institutions and Freedom of Speech in the US, the UK and Australia', Journal of Public Policy, online 25 June, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X19000187.
Gelber, K 2019 'Terrorist-extremist speech and hate speech: understanding the similarities and differences' Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 22(3), 607-622, doi: 10.1007/s10677-019-10013-x.
Gelber, K 2018 'Incitement to hatred and countering terrorism – policy confusion in the UK and Australia', Parliamentary Affairs 71(1): 28-49, https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsx008.
Gelber, K 2017 'Diagonal Accountability: Freedom of Speech in Australia', Australian Journal of Human Rights 23(2): 203-219.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2017.1363371 (Published in Special Issue: 'Democracy and Human Rights')
Gelber, K 2017 'Hate Speech – Definitions and Empirical Evidence', Constitutional Commentary 32: 101-111.
Gelber, K & McNamara, L 2016 'Anti-vilification laws and public racism in Australia: mapping the gaps between the harms occasioned and the remedies provided', University of New South Wales Law Journal 39(2): 488-511.
Gelber, K & McNamara, L 2016 'Evidencing the harms of hate speech', Social Identities, 22 (1-3): 324-341. DOI: 10.1080/13504630.2015.1128810.
Book chapters (selected)
Gelber, K 2021 'Speaking Back', in Adrienne Stone and Frederick Schauer eds., The Oxford Handbook of Freedom of Speech, Oxford University Press, Oxford: 249-265.
Gelber, K 2020. 'Post-memory and Artefacts: The Gelber/Altschul Collection', in N Marczak and K Shields eds. Genocide Perspectives VI: The Process and the Personal Costs of Genocide. Sydney: UTS ePress: 53-68. https://doi.org/10.5130/aaf.
Gelber, K 2020 'Capabilities and the Law', in E Chiapperro-Martinetti, S Osmani & M Qizilbash eds The Cambridge Handbook of the Capability Approach Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 643-659.
Gelber, K 2020 'Free Speech Debates in Australia: Contemporary Controversies', in Helen J. Knowles and Brandon T. Metroka eds., Free Speech Theory: Understanding the Controversies, Peter Lang: 187-208.
Gelber, K and Brison, S 2019 'Digital Dualism and the "Speech as Thought" Paradox', in Brison, S and Gelber, K (eds) Free Speech in the Digital Age, Oxford University Press, New York.
Gelber, K & Stone, A 2017 'Constitutions, Gender and Freedom of Expression: the Legal Regulation of Pornography', in Helen Irving ed. Constitutions and Gender, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham: 463-481, DOI: 10.4337/9781784716967.
Gelber, K 2016 'Critical Race Theory and the constitutionality of hate speech regulation', in R Dixon & G Appleby (eds) The Critical Judgments Project: Re-reading Monis v The Queen, Federation Press, Sydney: 88-102.
Publications
Books
Gelber, Katharine (2016). Free speech after 9/11. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Gelber, Katharine (2011). Speech matters: Getting free speech right. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
Vromen, Ariadne, Gelber, Katharine and Gauja, Anika (2009). Powerscape : Contemporary Australian politics. 2nd ed. ed. Crows Nest, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin. doi: 10.4324/9781003116769
Vromen, Ariadne and Gelber, Katharine (2004). Powerscape : Contemporary Australian political practice. Crows Nest, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
Gelber, Katharine (2002). Speaking back: the free speech versus hate speech debate. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing.
Book Chapters
Gelber, Katharine (2022). Free speech in Australia. Critical Perspectives on Human Rights Law in Australia: Volume 2. (pp. 517-534) edited by Paula Gerber and Melissa Castan. Pyrmont, NSW, Australia: Thomson Reuters.
Gelber, Katharine (2021). Speaking back. The Oxford handbook of freedom of speech. (pp. 249-265) edited by Adrienne Stone and Frederick Schauer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198827580.013.15
Gelber, Katharine (2020). Post-memory and artefacts: the Gelber/Altschul Collection. Genocide perspectives VI: the process and the personal costs of genocide. (pp. 53-68) edited by Nikki Marczak and Kirril Shields. Sydney, NSW, Australia: UTS ePress. doi: 10.5130/aaf
Gelber, Katharine (2020). Capabilities and the law. The Cambridge handbook of the capability approach. (pp. 643-659) edited by Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, Siddiqur Osmani and Mozaffar Qizilbash. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Gelber, Katharine (2020). Free speech debates in Australia: contemporary controversies. Free Speech Theory: Understanding the controversies. (pp. 183-203) edited by Helen Knowles and Brandon Metroka. New York, NY, United States: Peter Lang Publishing.
Gelber, Katharine and Stone, Adrienne (2017). Constitutions, gender and freedom of expression: the legal regulation of pornography. Constitutions and gender. (pp. 463-481) edited by Helen Irving. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781784716967
Gelber, Katharine (2016). Critical race theory and the constitutionality of hate speech regulation. The Critical Judgments Project: re-reading Monis v the Queen. (pp. 88-102) edited by Gabrielle Appleby and Rosalind Dixon. Annandale, NSW, Australia: Federation Press.
Dunne, Tim and Gelber, Katharine (2015). Argumentation and the responsibility to protect: the case of Libya. Human rights protection in global politics: responsibilities of states and non-state actors. (pp. 288-308) edited by Kurt Mills and David Jason Karp. Basingtoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
Gauja, Anika and Gelber, Katharine (2015). The French court. The High Court, the Constitution and Australian Politics. (pp. 311-326) edited by Rosalind Dixon and George Williams. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781107445253.016
Gelber, Katharine (2014). McLeod v Power [2003] FMCA 2: commentary. Australian Feminist Judgments: Righting and Rewriting Law. (pp. 405-408) edited by Francesca Bartlett, Trish Luker, Heather Douglas and Rosemary Hunter. Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing.
Gelber, Katharine (2012). Reconceptualizing counterspeech in hate-speech policy (with a focus on Australia). The content and context of hate speech : Rethinking regulation and responses. (pp. 198-216) edited by Michael E Herz and Peter Molnar. New York , NY, U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139042871.016
Gelber, Katharine (2012). 'Speaking back': the likely fate of hate speech policy in the United States and Australia. Speech and harm: controversies over free speech. (pp. 50-71) edited by Ishani Maitra and Mary Kate McGowan. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199236282.003.0003
Gelber, Katharine (2012). Nussbaum’s capabilities approach and freedom of speech. The Capability Approach: Development Practice and Public Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region. (pp. 38-51) Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203116159-12
Gelber, Katharine and Panzironi, Francesca (2012). Introduction. The Capability Approach: Development Practice and Public Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region. (pp. 1-6) edited by Francesca Panzironi and Katharine Gelber. London, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203116159-8
Gelber, Katharine (2012). The courts. Contemporary politics in Australia: theories, practices and issues. (pp. 260-270) edited by Rodney Smith, Ariadne Vromen and Ian Cook. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Gelber, Katharine and Panzironi, Francesca (2012). Introduction. The capability approach: development practice and public policy in the Asia-Pacific region. (pp. 1-6) edited by Francesca Panzironi and Katharine Gelber. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Gelber, Katharine (2012). Nussbaum's capabilities approach and freedom of speech. The capability approach: Development practice and public policy in the Asia-Pacific region. (pp. 38-52) edited by Francesca Panzironi and Katharine Gelber. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203116159-11
Gelber, Katharine (2011). The role of the Constitution in major social conflicts. The German Constitution Turns 60 : Basic Law and Commonwealth Constitution, German and Australian Perspectives. (pp. 129-144) edited by Jurgen Brohmer. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Peter Lang Publishing.
Gelber, Katharine (2011). Religion and freedom of speech in Australia. Law and religion in public life: The contemporary debate. (pp. 95-111) edited by Richard Mohr and Nadirsyah Hosen. Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203816967
Gelber, Katharine (2007). When are restrictions on speech justified in the war on terror?. Law and liberty in the war on terror. (pp. 138-146) edited by Andrew Lynch, Edwina Macdonald and George Williams. Sydney: Federation Press.
Gelber, Katharine (2007). Privileged discourses of hate in Australia and Germany : The Holocaust and the Stolen Generations. Polyculturalism and discourse. (pp. 91-120) edited by Anja Schwarz and Russell West-Pavlov. Amsterdam: Rodopi. doi: 10.1163/9789401205184_005
Gelber, Katharine and Stone, Adrienne (2007). Introduction. Hate speech and freedom of speech in Australia. (pp. xiii-xvii) edited by Katharine Gelber and Adrienne Stone. Sydney: Federation Press.
Gelber, Katharine (2007). Citizens engaging and communicating with government. Government communication in Australia. (pp. 270-283) edited by Sally Young. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Gelber, Katharine (2007). Hate speech and the Australian legal and political landscape. Hate speech and freedom of speech in Australia. (pp. 2-19) edited by Katharine Gelber and Adrienne Stone. Annandale, NSW, Australia: Federation Press.
Gelber, Katharine (2005). Australia as international human rights citizen: Understanding national interest. Who's Australia - Whose Australia? Contemporary politics, society and culture in Australia. (pp. 11-30) edited by Russell West-Pavlov. Trier, Germany: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier.
Journal Articles
Gelber, Katharine (2023). Free speech, religious freedom and vilification in Australia. Australian Journal of Political Science, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2023.2283008
Gelber, Katharine and Murphy, Molly (2023). The weaponisation of free speech under the Morrison government. Australian Journal of Political Science, 1-17. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2023.2242304
Gelber, Katharine, Brennan, Katie, Duriesmith, David and Fenton, Ellyse (2022). Gendered mundanities: gender bias in student evaluations of teaching in political science. Australian Journal of Political Science, 57 (2), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2022.2043241
Gelber, Katharine (2021). Differentiating hate speech: a systemic discrimination approach. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 24 (4), 393-414. doi: 10.1080/13698230.2019.1576006
Gelber, Katharine and O’Sullivan, Siobhan (2020). Cat got your tongue? Free speech, democracy and Australia’s ‘ag-gag’ laws. Australian Journal of Political Science, 56 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2020.1799938
Gelber, Katharine (2019). The precarious protection of free speech in Australia: the Banerji case. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 25 (3), 511-519. doi: 10.1080/1323238X.2019.1690833
Gelber, Katharine (2019). Norms, institutions and freedom of speech in the US, the UK and Australia. Journal of Public Policy, 41 (2), 1-19. doi: 10.1017/s0143814x19000187
Gelber, Katharine (2019). Terrorist-extremist speech and hate speech: understanding the similarities and differences. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 22 (3), 607-622. doi: 10.1007/s10677-019-10013-x
Gelber, Katharine (2019). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: protection of human rights in Australia*. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 73 (4), 1-7. doi: 10.1080/10357718.2019.1631250
Gelber, Katharine (2018). Incitement to hatred and countering terrorism: policy confusion in the UK and Australia. Parliamentary Affairs, 71 (1), 28-49. doi: 10.1093/pa/gsx008
Gelber, Katharine (2017). Hate speech - Definitions and empirical evidence. Constitutional Commentary, 32 (3), 619-629.
Gelber, Katharine (2017). Diagonal accountability: freedom of speech in Australia. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 23 (2), 203-219. doi: 10.1080/1323238X.2017.1363371
Gelber, Katharine (2017). Book review of 'Hate speech and democratic citizenship' by Eric Heinze, OUP, 2016. Public Law, 2017 (July), 534-537.
Gelber, Katharine (2016). Book Review of 'Free Speech Under Attack'. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 20 (2), 217-221.
Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2016). Anti-vilification laws and public racism in Australia: mapping the gaps between the harm occasioned and the remedies provided. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 39 (2), 488-511.
Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2016). Evidencing the harms of hate speech. Social Identities, 22 (3), 324-341. doi: 10.1080/13504630.2015.1128810
Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2015). The effects of civil hate speech laws: lessons from Australia. Law and Society Review, 49 (3), 631-664. doi: 10.1111/lasr.12152
Gelber, Katharine (2015). Combatting hate in cyberspace: Book review of "Hate Crimes in Cyberspace" and "Viral Hate". Australian Review of Public Affairs (Digest) (June)
Dunne, Tim and Gelber, Katharine (2015). Text and Context in the Responsibility to Protect: A Reply to Hehir. Global Responsibility to Protect, 7 (2), 225-233. doi: 10.1163/1875984X-00702008
Dunne, Tim and Gelber, Katharine (2014). Arguing matters: the responsibility to protect and the case of Libya. Global Responsibility to Protect, 6 (3), 326-349. doi: 10.1163/1875984X-00603004
Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2014). Changes in the expression of prejudice in public discourse in Australia: assessing the impact of hate speech laws on letters to the editor 1992-2010. Australian journal of human rights, 20 (1), 99-128. doi: 10.1080/1323-238X.2014.11882142
Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2014). Private litigation to address a public wrong: a study of Australia's regulatory response to "Hate Speech". Civil Justice Quarterly, 33 (3), 307-334.
Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2013). Freedom of speech and racial vilification in Australia: 'The Bolt case' in public discourse. Australian Journal of Political Science, 48 (4), 470-484. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2013.842540
Gelber, Katharine (2013). Secrecy provisions in Australian counter-terrorism policy: violating international human rights standards?. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 19 (2), 25-46. doi: 10.1080/1323-238X.2013.11882125
Gelber, Katharine (2013). Brettschneider, Corey: "When the State Speaks, What Should It Say? How Democracies Can Protect Expression and Promote Equality". Ethics, 124 (1), 177-181. doi: 10.1086/671405
Gelber, Katharine (2012). Generational challenges in Australian political studies. Australian Journal of Political Science, 47 (4), 703-719. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2012.731483
Gelber, Katharine (2012). Book Review of 'The Harm in Hate Speech' by Jeremy Waldron. Times Higher Education, 49-49.
Gelber, Katharine (2012). Political culture, flag use and freedom of speech. Political Studies, 60 (1), 163-179. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2011.00893.x
Gelber, Katharine (2012). Book reviews: Australian and New Zealand politics: ‘WikiLeaks and the age of transparency’. Australian Journal of Political Science, 47 (2), 326-329. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2012.677402
Gelber, Katharine and Panzironi, Francesca (2012). Introduction. The Capability Approach: Development Practice and Public Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region, 1-6. doi: 10.4324/9780203116159-8
Gauja, Anika and Gelber, Katharine (2011). High Court review 2010: The resurgence of rights?. Australian Journal of Political Science, 46 (4), 683-698. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2011.623664
Harris, Rachel and Gelber, Katharine (2011). Defining 'De Facto' slavery in Australia: Ownership, consent and the defence of freedom. International Criminal Law Review, 11 (3), 561-578. doi: 10.1163/157181211X576429
Gelber, Katharine (2011). Freedom of speech and Australian political culture. The University of Queensland Law Journal, 30 (1), 135-144.
Gelber, Katharine (2010). Freedom of political speech, hate speech and the argument from democracy: The transformative contribution of capabilities theory. Contemporary Political Theory, 9 (3), 304-324. doi: 10.1057/cpt.2009.8
Gelber, Katharine (2010). Capability theory and freedom of speech. Human Rights Defender, 19 (1), 2-4.
Gelber, Katharine (2009). Freedom of speech and a bill of rights. Australian Review of Public Affairs: Digest.
Gelber, Katharine (2009). Public Policy and Immigrant Settlement, by Deborah A. Cobb-Clark and Siew-Ean Khoo. The Economic Record, 85 (269), 228-229. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2009.00560.x
Gelber, Katharine (2009). The false analogy between vilification and sedition. Melbourne University Law Review, 33 (1), 270-291.
Gelber, Katharine (2009). Academic freedom and the ‘intellectual diversity’ movement in Australia. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 14 (2), 95-114. doi: 10.1080/1323238X.2009.11910856
Gelber, Katharine (2009). Book Reviews: The High Court and the Constitution, 5th ed. Australian Journal of Political Science, 44 (2), 365-366. doi: 10.1080/10361140902865357
Gelber, Katharine (2008). Academic freedom in Australia. Australian Review of Public Affairs Digest, 2008.
Gelber, Katharine (2008). Academic freedom for whom?. On Line Opinion (7584)
Kildea, Paul and Gelber, Katharine (2007). High Court Review 2006: Australian federalism - implications of the WorkChoices decision. Australian Journal of Political Science, 42 (4), 649-664. doi: 10.1080/10361140701595817
Gelber, Katharine (2007). Contested words: Legal restrictions on freedom of speech in liberal democracies. Melbourne University Law Review, 31 (1), 315-319.
Gelber, Katharine (2006). High Court Review 2005: The manifestation of separation of powers in Australia. Australian Journal of Political Science, 41 (3), 437-453. doi: 10.1080/10361140600849026
Gelber, Katharine (2006). Distracting the masses: Art, local government and freedom of political speech in Australia. Law Text Culture, 10, 194-219.
Gelber, Katharine and McDonald, Matt (2006). Ethics and exclusion: Representations of sovereignty in Australia's approach to asylum-seekers. Review of International Studies, 32 (2), 269-289. doi: 10.1017/S0260210506007029
Burke, Anthony and Gelber, Katharine (2006). Can human rights save us?: [Australia needs a Bill of Rights, but on what terms?]. Arena Magazine (80), 43-45.
Gelber, Katharine (2006). Book reviews: Australia and the birth of the international bill of human rights. Australian Journal of Political Science, 41 (3), 467-468. doi: 10.1080/10361140600849059
Gelber, Katharine (2005). Racist views vs freedom of speech: a complex and cherished freedom. Advocate, 12 (3), 32-33.
Gelber, Katharine (2005). Political speech practice in Australia: a study in local government powers. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 11 (1), 203-231. doi: 10.1080/1323238X.2005.11910798
Gelber, Katharine (2005). Hate speech in Australia: Emerging questions. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 28 (3), 861-867.
Gelber, Katharine (2005). High Court Review 2004: Limits on the judicial protection of rights. Australian Journal of Political Science, 40 (2), 307-322. doi: 10.1080/10361140500130022
Gelber, Katharine (2005). Political Speech Practice in Australia: a study in local government powers. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 41 (1), 203-231.
Gelber, Katharine (2005). Alex Conte, Scott Davidson and Richard Burchill, Defining Civil and Political Rights: The Jurisprudence of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Australian Journal of Political Science, 40 (3), 473-473. doi: 10.1080/10361140500204041
Gelber, Katharine (2004). High Court review 2003: the centenary year. Australian Journal of Political Science, 39 (2), 331-347. doi: 10.1080/1036114042000238546
Gelber, Katharine (2003). Pedestrian Malls, Local Government and Free Speech Policy in Australia. Policy and Society, 22 (2), 22-49. doi: 10.1016/S1449-4035(03)70018-6
Gelber, Katharine (2003). A fair queue? Australian public discourse on refugees and immigration. Journal of Australian Studies, 27 (77), 23-30. doi: 10.1080/14443050309387848
Gelber, Katharine (2000). Hate crimes: public policy implications of the inclusion of gender. Australian Journal of Political Science, 35 (2), 275-289. doi: 10.1080/713649322
Gelber, Katharine (2000). Implementing Racial Anti-vilification Laws in New South Wales 1989-1998: A Study. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 59 (1), 13-23. doi: 10.1111/1467-8500.t01-1-00136
Gelber, Katharine (1999). Treaties and Intergovernmental Relations in Australia: Political Implications of the Toonen Case. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 45 (3), 330-345. doi: 10.1111/1467-8497.00068
Conference Papers
Katharine Gelber (2016). Free speech after 9/11. 24th World Congress of Political Science, Poznan, Poland, 23-28 July 2016. N/A:
Katharine Gelber and Luke McNamara (2016). Experiences of public racism in Australia and the scope of anti-vilification laws. Australian Human Rights Commission Seminar, Sydney, 15 April.
Katharine Gelber (2016). Online Speech and Free Speech Doctrine - Emerging Trends. Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department Constitutional Law Symposium, Canberra, 3 November 2016. Attorney General's Department.
McNamara, Luke and Gelber, Katharine (2015). The impact of section 18C and other civil anti-vilification laws in Australia. Racial Discrimination Act +40 Symposium, Sydney, NSW Australia, 19-20 February 2015. Sydney, NSW Australia: Australian Human Rights Commission.
Gelber, Katharine (2014). Free speech after 9/11. Law Day Panel: Preserving Liberty and Security in Fighting Terrorism, Hanover, NH, USA, 2 May, 2014.
Gelber, Katharine (2014). Free Speech after 9/11. American Political Studies Association Conference, Washington D. C., USA, 28 - 31 August 2014.
Gelber, Katharine (2014). Free Speech After 9/11. Conference of the Australian Political Studies Association, University of Sydney, Australia, 28 September - 1 October 2014.
Gelber, Katharine (2014). The role of social scientists in understanding Australia's changing landscape. The Future Workforce of Australian Social Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 24-25 July 2014.
Gelber, Katharine (2014). Monis v The Queen: A-G South Australia v City of Adelaide - Consequences for Freedom of Expression. Constitutional Law Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 14 February 2014.
Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2014). Private litigation to address a public wrong: a study of Australia's regulatory response to 'hate speech'. 2014 Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Public and/or Private Lives, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia, 3-5 December, 2014. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2013). Hate speech laws: lessons from a jurisdiction that has them. Philosophy Department Seminar, Wellesley, MA, USA, 28 March, 2013.
Gelber, Katharine (2013). Universalism, freedom of speech, and the capabilities approach. Philosophy Department Sapientia Lecture Series, Hanover, NH, USA, 29 March, 2013.
Dunne, Tim and Gelber, Katharine (2013). Arguing matters: the responsibility to protect and Libya. ISA 2013: International Studies Association Pre-Conference Workshop, San Francisco, CA, United States, 2 April, 2013.
Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2013). Regulating hate speech and racial vilification. Forum on Human Rights Research Conference 2013: Genocide and Human Rights in the Era of the United Nations, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, 9-10 December, 2013.
Gelber, Katharine (2013). Nondisclosure and preventative detention: international human rights standards in Australian counter terrorism policy. APSA 2013: Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference 2013, Perth, WA, Australia, 30 September-1 October, 2013.
Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2013). The "Bolt case" and its aftermath: freedom of speech and racial vilification in public discourse in Australia. APSA 2013: Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference 2013, Perth, WA, Australia, 30 September-1 October, 2013.
Gelber, Katharine (2013). New developments in political speech case law. 3rd Biennial Electoral Regulation Research Network Workshop, St Lucia, QLD, Australia, 31 October-1 November, 2013. Carlton, VIC, Australia: Melbourne Law School.
Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2012). The impact of hate speech laws on public discourse in Australia: 1989-2009. Australian Political Science Association Conference (APSA) 2012, Hobart, Australia, 24-26 September 2012.
Gelber, Katharine (2010). Speech Matters: Freedom of speech in Australian political culture. Australian Political Studies Association Conference 2010, Melbourne, Australia, 27-29 September 2010. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Political Science Association (APSA).
Gelber, Katharine (2010). Freedom of speech in the post-9/11 world. Joint ISA-APSA-IPSA Human Rights Sections Conference: Assessing the State of Human Rights Nine Years After 9/11, Chicago, IL, United States, 19-20 June 2010.
Gelber, Kath (2010). Speech matters: Freedom of speech in Australia. Legal Intersections Research Centre Seminar 2010, Wollongong, N.S.W., Australia, 31 March 2010. Wollongong, N.S.W., Australia: University of Wollongong.
Gelber, Katharine (2009). The right to protest in Australian political culture. APSA Conference 2009: Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference, North Ryde, NSW, Australia, 27-30 September 2009. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Discipline of Politics and International Relations, Department of Modern History, Politics, International Relations and Security, Macquarie University.
Gelber, Katharine (2008). What is political speech? Beyond content and conceptual inconstancy. APSA 2008: Australian Political Science Association 2008 Conference. Labor and social inclusion: A new direction for social policy?, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6-9 July 2008. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: School of Political Science and International Relations, The University of Queensland.
Research Report
Singpeng, Aim, Martin, Fiona, Gelber, Katharine and Shields, Kirril (2021). Facebook: regulating hate speech in the Asia Pacific. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Dept. Media and Communications, The University of Sydney, and The School of Political Science and International Studies, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.25910/j09v-sq57
Dataset Collection
Gelber, Katharine and McNamara, Luke (2015). Letters to the editor: the impact of hate speech laws on public discourse in Australia. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.766
Working Paper
Gelber, Katharine (2005). Beyond Australia's first Bill of Rights: engendering public debate. Democratic Audit of Australia: Discussion papers.
Newspaper Articles
Gelber, Katharine (2018, 11 10). Book review of 'Speaking Up' by Gillian Triggs Sydney Morning Herald 29-29.
Seminar Papers
Gelber, Katharine (2015). Free Speech After 9/11. AAA-University of Queensland Lecture Lunch. American Australian Association, American Australian Association.
Gelber, Katharine (2015). Free Speech After 9/11. Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen.
Gelber, Katharine (2015). Free Speech After 9/11. Department of Political Science, Lund University.
Gelber, Katharine (2015). Free Speech After 9/11. Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia.
Dunne, Tim and Gelber, Katharine (2013). Communicative action and the responsibility to protect: the case of Libya. The Future of Responsibility to Protect. Globalisation and Governance Research Network, and Australian Human Rights Centre, University of New South Wales.
Generic Documents
Gelber, Katharine (2010). Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee: National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010. Senate, Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee.